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Take-Two to Publish Next Civilization Game

Posted by Zonk on from the boy-they've-been-busy-this-week,-huh? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Take Two Interactive announced today that they have acquired the rights to the Civilization franchise. They also announced Civ 4, saying that "Civilization IV will also set a new standard for user-modification, allowing gamers to create their own add-ons using the standard Python and XML scripting languages." Okay, so XML's not a scripting language. But it's nice to see open source tech in a major PC game!" Civ IV will be released under the new 2K Publishing Label we reported on yesterday.

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  1. Neat-o by cryptochrome · · Score: 4, Funny

    Potentially this could allow for people to make more representative/interesting sets of civilization advances and benefits.

    For instance: photography (+sci +happy) allows porn (+happy, opens Jenna Jameson wonder)

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    1. Re:Neat-o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      -A new type of unit: patent lawyers. They inflitrate a city and stop all technological progress in it.

      -A new type of diplomacy: vapor-WMD. You accuse another country of carrying WMDs and therefore can declare war on it without losing any points with the other civilizations.

      -A new type of building: the Apple Store. It's a religious building that makes half of your citizens happy and the other half unhappy. All other modifiers become useless.

    2. Re:Neat-o by Michael+Woodhams · · Score: 4, Funny

      How long do you really think it takes for your scientists to figure out "porn" once you have photography?

      This reminds me of a friend's comments on the original Civilization computer game:

      "It's just taken my scientists 200 years to figure out the secret of 'horseback riding'. What were they doing in that time? 'Hm, we're researching "horseback riding". Lets spend a few years trying to ride the tails of sheep - maybe that is it.'"

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  2. Re:Python by Comrade64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    To bad your name isn't Monty...then you could make the Monty Python Civilization IV special add-on edition.

    ok..I'll go back to my corner now...

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  3. In other words. by Kenja · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Civilization IV will also set a new standard for user-modification"

    In other words, there will be no game included and they hope that we, the consumer, will finish their prodcut for them.

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  4. Re:Just to note... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    XML is not a scripting language? Gotta' fix that! I propose tags that encapsulate the C programming language as C-XML. This allows to C-XML and run!

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  5. National Security Risk!!! by HungWeiLo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like Take-Two and Sid Meier will be personally responsible for decreasing America's GDP for the 3rd and 4th fiscal quarters of 2005...

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  6. Re:Civ 3 issues by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have to bring Democracy to the people. Modern history tells us the most expeditious way to do this is to invade and occupy them.

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  7. Great, now you can CUSTOMIZE your crack by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    God damn. I forsee many months of lost productivity ahead.

    Anyone in the Portland, OR area want to put together a Twelve Step group for Civilization addicts?

    "Hello, my name is Bill."

    "Hi Bill!"

    "I would like to tell you about the time I wore Depends and stewed in my own filth for twelve hours while playing as the Mongols in King mode."

    "We've all been there Bill! Go on!"

    Stefan

  8. Re:Just to note... by temojen · · Score: 2, Funny
    sounds like they wish to do more with the title than just make PC games.

    Ah, but will it run on Linux?

    Seriously, I know it's a cliche, but the success of freeciv should demonstrate the market is there.

  9. Re:XMLScript by 91degrees · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right, but a scripting language could be represented in XML.

    Yup. And a hammer could be used as a screwdriver;)

  10. Woo hoo! by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait to watch my tanks pop trying to kill spearmen again!

    P.S. obligatory:
    Your civilization has built the Internet (+2sci)! This obsoletes the Hollywood wonder (+1hap).

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  11. Already have the tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    <![CDATA[
    int matchwo(int a, int b) {
    if (a < b && a < 0)
    return 1;
    else
    return 0;
    }
    ]]>
    (stolen from w3schools)
    1. Re:Already have the tag by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny
      <![CDATA[
      int matchwo(int a, int b) {
      if (a < b && a < 0)
      return 1;
      else
      return 0;
      }
      ]]>
      (stolen from w3schools)
       This is ugly! Man, try and make a joke - and sombody's already implemented it - what a gret pipeline for exploits!
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  12. Re:Freeciv by dr.badass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used to be an open-source developer, but have by and large given up on it because I got sick and tired of getting flamed by anonymous assholes on Slashdot.

    So....you became what you hated.

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